LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11696, 22 July 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Premier Consolidated Gold Mining Company of New Zealand has been registered, with a capital of .£70,030. The fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening at the usual hour. The New Zealand Shipping Company have confirmed the proposed reduction in capital. Captain Edwin wired at 3.30 yesterday as follows :— Glass further rise, with frost to-night, and very low tideß for 24 hours from now. The Rev. J. Berry, senior Wesleyan Minister of Wellington City, ha 9 received an invitation to take charge of a Melbourne church after the end of the current year. A syndicate, headed by Lord Brassey, has purchased the well-known Australian traders Harbinger and Hesperus, with ft view to give special training to cadets for the Mercantile Marine. The installation of officers and entertainment in connection with the Bishop Lodge of Druids takes place in the V.M.C.A. rcoras this evening, at 8 o'clock. Persons having invitations are requested to produce them at the door when going in. Lord Salisbury has informed Mr Blame, Secretary of State for the United States, that if America deals summarily with British sealers in the Behring Sea, Great Britain will protect what she claims to be a common highway. Mr Walter Swinburne, of Hawera, has patented an invention for registering messages left at offices. &c, during the absence of the occupier. The patent is called "The Door Register." The steward (Mr Reuben Morrish) of the Stormbird met with a severe accident on Saturday, having fallen down the after-hatchway of the ship and broken his arm. He was attended to by Dr Connolly, and was enabled to go away with the ship. An agreement between England and Portugal is almost concluded (says a cable of July 16th). -It includes internationalisation of the Zambesi. Portugal receives eight hundred thousand square miles from Angola to Upper Zambesi to Kwassar, including the Shire district. Portugal retains the district from Kwassar to the coast. The Tablet, the London Catholic organ printed on June 7th an interview with the Pope, in which the Pontiff said : — " The persecution of me and th«€!hurch in Italy is increasing. Twelve years have I been confined within these walls, and it is only within these last few years that offences charged against me have become intensified. While I live I must protest against and expose the blasphemous way Italy treated the Holy See." He expressed the determinatiou to remain at the Vatican and defend the rights of the Papacy. A shocking accident occurred on the Essendon suburban line, Melbourne,- tho other night. A man unknown returning to Kensington by the 11.15 train from Melbourne put his head out of the window j of a first-class carriage as tho train was passing the North Melbourne signal box, j evidently to relieve sickness. At that moment the train to Melbourne passed with the door of one of the carriages swinging open. This door caught the man's head and decapitated him. The passengers in the carriage were horrified to see the trunk fall back on them, Bpurting blood like afountain. We glean the following items from a London cable of July 16th :— " Gambia will probably be ceded to France in exchange for Newfoundland. The report that Sir M. Hicks-Beach will succeed Lord Harrington as Governor of New South Wales, is not true. Major Skinner, a New Zealand Volunteer, shooting for the Queen's prize at Wimbledon, made 20 at 200 yards, and Walker, of Queensland, 25. Sergeant Logan, of Adelaide, scured 57 at the first two ranges for the Queen's prize, Walker 53, and Skerner [?] 47. Rumour mentions the name of the Earl of Aberdeen as the probable Governor of New South Wales. The War Office is trying a number of the mutinous Guards. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Wanganui Band of Hope was held last evening in the Trinity Schoolroom, Mr W. G. Bassett presiding. There was a large attendance, and, after a piano duet by Miss Olive and Master Horace Harvey, tho Chairman gave a pointed address on temperance. Tho following interesting programme was then gone through: — Violin and piano duet, Masters B WiUis and W. Quin ; dialogue, Masters H. Uoldsbury, M. Spurdle,jand S. Tingeyj piano Solo, Miss Wilkins; recitation, Miss Minnie Spurdle ; recitation, Master L. Quin, -.vocal duet, Misses M. and F. Bassett; recitation, Mr O. Watkin; piano duet, Miss M. and Master M. Spurdle ; recitation, Master S. Tingoy j song, Mr Keen. The meeting then closed. Our Patea correspondent write as follows : — A concert is to be given on Friday by a noted local musical family and should /prove enjoyable. The next entertainment in aid of the English Church BuildingFundwilltakeplaceonthe29th. I hear it whispered that a presentation is to be made on the occasion, but the names of the recipients are supposed to be a secret at present. I understand that " Charley," the stableman at the Central Hotel, who was lately treated for cancer, is on a fair way to recovery and will soon be out of the New Plymouth Hospital. The bad weather of the last few days has delayed the s.s. Waverley from leaving here. She loft this (Monday) morning for your port en route for Nelson, to f etch wheat on account of Mr E. C. Homer. A London cable, of July 12th, states that Mr Parnell surprised his suppbrters by advising Mr Balfour to apply for thirty-three millions of money under the Irish Land Purchase Bill to secure the occupation and ownership of lands, instead of reducing rents. He stated that at present money was going to the graziers in Connaught andTkTunster, and implied that if Mr Balfour acted on his (Mr Parnell's) suggestion, he would then accord the measure his support. He also suggested the immediate formation of a Board of Arbitration to deal with the Plan of Campaign. During discussion on the estimates, Mr Balfour replied that as yet he was unable to discuss the Irish Land Purchase Bill, but he was much impressed with Mr Parnell's suggestion. It will be remembered that a cable was received some days ago from Melbourne to the effect that there were 10,000 people there out of work. In a letter received by a contemporaiy from Sydney, the writer in pathetic simplicity and earnestness says : — " Warning to people of New Zealand. You aro respectfully asked to warn the people not to come to New South Wales, as there are a thousand persons homeless, destitute, houseless, and starving, not being able to obtain employment. There are nine hundred poor things in the Poor Hause of New South Wales. Please 1 warn the people not to come here. The baok country is swarming with thousands of homeless and starving people, so please do warn everyone not to come here." Although somewhat tautological and faulty in construction the words are calculated to carry conviction with them.

In another column Mr J. H. Keesing notifies tbat,he will sell at his Mart, Victoria Avenue, 1 at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow, a consignment of miscellaneous goods. Mr Moss Jones, of Timaru, has sold the 12 years; lease of the Criterion Hotel in that town, and the Pleasant Point Hotel, at the request of the mortgagees; also a farm of 153 acres at Albury, and a suburban villa property. This is reported to be the largest sale of property in one day for Borne time past. Those who find it inconvenient to make their entries for the forthcoming Poultry and Dog Show during the dav, will find one of the Committee at Mr Jensen's shop, in the Avenue, for the purpose of receiving theni, from 6 to 9 p.m., all this week and up to 11 a.m. on Saturday, the 26th, when entries positively close. The second social promenade concert in connection with St. Paul's Church, takes place in the Schoolroom on Friday week, Ist August. A very attractive programme is being arranged, and a pleasing novelty will be introduced by the schoolchildren (musical exercises) superintended by Mrs Hoey. A popular concert, in aid of the fund for Mrs Gurr and family, will be given in the Union Boating Club's shed at AramohoJ on Friday night next, at 8 o'clock. A capital programme has bean provided, and judging from the demand for tickets it is expected that the attendance will number fully 200. The Borough Council have dropped in for an unexpected windfall, in the shape of a sum of .£2ll 15s 6d, which the Clerk was notified yesterday had been placed into the credit of the Borough account at the Bank, under the provisions of "The Local Bodies Finance and Powers Act, 1885," and section 7 of the" Appropriation Act, 1889." The number of teachers (male and female) holding certificates, under the " Education Act, 1887," is, according to the last Gazette, 2672. Of these there are employed. in public instruction 977 males, and 816 females, the latter representing 80 married, and 736 single women. The numbers not employed in public instruction is 401 males, and 478 females. Mr Labouchere in Truth says : — In spite of the official contradiction, the story ahouta German uniform being-made for the Queen is quite trite. It was ordered for her Majesty by the Emperor, who actually intended that the dragoon regiment, of which the Queen is colonel, should go to Darmstadt and there be inspected by Her Majesty, who was to wear the elaborate and ornate costume of which I have given particulars; but the Emperor found it necessary to abandon the project in consequence of his grandmother's peremptory refusal to participate in the display. News comes from Melbourne that Messrs Trapp, Blair, and Co. 'have chartered a steamer to load a cargo of Oregon timber at Port Discovery for Melbourne. The vessel .is the German steamer Remus, 2,635 tons register, which is now on her first voyage from Hamburg to Java with general cargo, and 'thence to Saa Francisco with sugar. This will be the first steamer that ever brought timber from Puget Sound to Melbourne, and in all probability will open up a trade for the "ocean tramps'' which will grow with the years, and thus still further injure tho sailing vessels. In the Supreme Court in Chambers at New Plymouth last week befoie C. 0. Kottle, Esq., Registrar, Mr Roy applied for an order under "The Lunatic Act, 1882," for the detention of an habitual drunkard for curative treatment in the inebriate separate ward of the Wellington Asylum. After reading the affidavits in support of the application the Registrar made the order as prayed, the detention to be for a period not exceeding 12 months. This has been the first application of the kind ever made here. The reason for sending tho person in question to the Wellington Asylum is on account of there being no ward in the local hospital set aside for the separate treatment of inebriates. Arthur Olampett, alias Sullivan, bade farewell to Wellington last week, proceeding on tog Sydney by the Wakatipu. His departure, however, was marked by a somewhat amusing incident. The wharf at the time was fairly crowded with friends of the passengers, together with a large number of men who had been working on board of tho steamer. As the boat moved away the alleged evangelist, . yrho stood in a prominent position upon the.upper deck, suddenly put his hand into his pocket and took therefrom a halfsovereign, which he threw amongst the crowd, who, not unnaturally,' scrambled for the coin, and then showed an eagerness for other favours of a like kind. Be that as it may, Clampett smiled benignly and drawing forth several pieces of silver, he.jtluw them in their direction, and then stood watching the scramble, until the boat had oirried him out of distance for repeating the experiment. — Wellington Press.